The Boogey Man is real.
Remember the boogey man? That creature that lurked in your closet of under your bed, causing you to wimper in fear when you mom tucked you in and turned the light out? if you had a closet light, you asked to keep that closet light on so the boogey man wouldn’t be tempted to appear. Or the hall light, or the bathroom light. Either way, light kept the boogey man at bay and made you feel safer. Mom or Dad would always tell you that there was no such thing as the “boogey man” and let you know everything would be okay. You felt safer knowing that your Dad could beat up that boogey man if he tried to come and get you. You knew that you were safe. Not only did I believe my Dad could beat up that boogey man, I believed that my stuffed animals created an army to defeat him when I was asleep. I had an active imagination.
So, I’ve come to realize that the boogey man is a very real thing. Except, as you age, he begins to shape shift into various manifestations such as Credit Card Debt, a bad boyfriend / crazy girlfriend, a horrible boss or a bad decision you had made. Late at night, when you are just about to fall asleep, The boogey man makes his entrance from the closet in your brain only to cause you sleep deprivation. Dammit. Once you take care of the situation, the closet door in your brain keeps that light on and you can finally fall asleep.
Did you know that America has a a Boogey man? He lives in the Closet in the White House. Just when the American people start to fall asleep, Presnit CooCoo Bananas decides that he needs to be brought out. Once again, on the anniversary of 9/11, our dilligent Fighters of the Boogey man decided that We, the American People, really need to be SCARED!
Boo.
Here is what really annoys me: We haven’t caught the boogeyman yet. Emperor Brush Clearer has yet to turn on that closet light and make us feel all safe. As a matter of Fact, instead of turning the light on and enlisting an army to fight the Boogeyman directly, (my stuffed Animals were trained ninjas, man) He decided to keep us all in the DARK. Sacred. Breathing heavily under the covers, waiting patiently to see if someone has made a decision to actually TURN ON THE FUCKING LIGHT.
Of course, what I am talking about is the utter failure of the Bush Administration to actively pursue Osama Bin Laden, pressure the Pakistani government to cooperate, press Saudi Arabia for more cooperation with regard to their nasty nests of fundie terrorists, and keeping on task to improve intelligence gathering without having to compromise the civil liberties of the American people. Why does an administration that refuses to talk to terrorist give Osama his stage? Why? Why release it on 9/11 at all? t only serves to solidify Osama’s place in the American Phsyche.
Our Boogeyman.
September 11th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
What is really scary is that on 9/11/01 Al-Queda was a terrorist organization, small, but well organized and well funded. The failure of our fearless leaders policy help transform Al-Queda from an organization into an idea, and no matter how much you fight you can not kill an idea, you only make the believers more passionate about that idea. The failure to “kill or capture” UBL (yes it Usama oo-sa-ma not O-sam-a) early has transformed him into a much larger christ figure rather than a mere rich ass Saudi (ok Yemani) CIA trained (remember who we funded when the then Evil Empire invaded Afghanistan) cult leader. The problem with the so called GWOT (Global War on Terror) much like the war on drugs is that the emphasis is placed on the wrong aspect . Just like you can’t defeat “drugs” only treat the users and provide a more hopeful environment, you cannot defeat “terror” only provide a more hopeful future. But alast neither will be won, because the goals are set in the wrong place. Which works for me since I get paid by the good on Military-Industrial Complex. (and yes I love to use parenthetical phrases).
September 12th, 2007 at 5:53 am
Wars on ideology NEVER work. We all know that.